The Associate will support public and private organizations in Japan and across APAC in implementing innovative initiatives focused on public health and community wellbeing, including childhood obesity prevention and building dementia-friendly cities. This fixed-term role at Delivery Associates emphasizes project implementation, data-driven decision-making, stakeholder coordination, and capacity building to deliver tangible results.
What You'll Do
- Help drive partner organizations in implementing initiatives to prevent childhood obesity or build a dementia-friendly city, offering expert advice and coaching for achieving tangible results and impact.
- Support the client in accelerating implementation by managing project coordination and planning.
- Plan and support the execution of meetings and stakeholder workshops, ensuring the smooth flow of information.
- Contribute to the development of client presentations, reports, and comms materials.
- Participate in facilitating relationship-building, problem-solving, collaboration, and knowledge management with partners and with other country teams.
- Foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
What We're Looking For
- Educational background: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (public policy, government administration, economics, public health, etc.). Requisite years of professional experience and/or apprenticeship pathways will also be considered in lieu of formal education.
- Technical proficiency: Familiarity working in the standard business suite (analysing data in spreadsheets, creating presentations, etc.).
- Communication skills: Excellent written and verbal communication in both Japanese and English.
- Authorization + location requirements: The person should be based in Japan. Must have existing work authorization in Japan. Delivery Associates will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Nice to Have
- Project management: Experience with project management, particularly on multi-stakeholder projects and engagements.
- Stakeholder management: Strong stakeholder management skills with a history of deepening client relationships.
Technical Stack
- spreadsheets
- presentations
Team & Environment
- Team size: small but global
- Structure: remote, diverse, global teams
- Reporting: null
Benefits & Compensation
- Impactful work: Opportunities to engage with senior leaders and work on impactful projects.
- Excellent colleagues: Talent-dense and diverse team environment where everyone learns from each other.
- Growth environment: Part of a growing organization committed to continuous improvement with unique career pathways.
- Flexibility: Remote working environment with opportunities for global collaboration.
- Requisite employee benefits included in the fixed-term position (~8 months).
Work Mode
- Type: local-country
- Locations: Japan
- Flexibility: Remote working environment with global collaboration; full-time ideal, part-time arrangements may be considered depending on availability.
We believe our work is only possible through a commitment to honouring and centering a diverse range of people, experiences, and ideas, and fostering an environment that is inclusive, equitable, and empowering.
